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Re: How to pronounce terminal consonant

Re: How to pronounce terminal consonant

Vietnamese doesn't have terminal consonants. I think that is the reason why I am not familiar with terminal consonant pronunciation. My teacher in French say: "manger des mots".
I would love to get your suggestion about that.
Thanks
Tam

Re: How to pronounce terminal consonant

Try backchaining- take a multi-syllabic word and instead of starting with the first syllable, start with the last, then add the last but one syllable and so on to the start of the word. Also, try recording yourself and comparing it to native speakers- you can get recordings from www.dictionary.com and www.onelook.com and then you can compare yourself to them. You have to try to hear the word the way a native speaker does in your head. I know this is difficult- I am currently struggling with many sound in Khmer, and am trying to work out how they say them. Try to lose your inhibitions about sounding funny.